Arrow adapter for slingshots



Oct. 14, 1952 w, HUTSQN 2,613,659

' ARROW ADAPTER SLINGSHOTS Filed 001;. 13, 1950 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 14, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Alton W. Hutson','Richmond, Calif. Application October 13, 1950, Serial No. 189,935

'1 Claims. (01. 124-20)" The present invention relates to improvements in an arrow adapter for a sling shot, and its principal object is to provide an adapter which may be easily applied to a sling shot frame so as to allow the latter to be used for shooting an arrow.

More particularly it is proposed in the present invention to arrange the adapter in such a manner as to provide a seat for the arrow and so as to make the seat adjustable for movement between an active position and a retracted position.

It is further proposed to provide two different forms of an arrow adapter, each capable of being used independently of the other, but also arranged in such a manner that they may be used in combination, with the seats for the arrow lined up, while each of the adapters serves to strengthen and steady the other.

Further objects and advantages of my invention will appear as the specification proceeds, and the novel features of my invention will be fully defined in the claims attached hereto.

The preferred forms of my invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows a front view of one form of arrow adapter attached to a sling shot frame,

Figure 2, an edge view of the form shown in Figure 1,

Figure 3, a front view of a modified form of adapter as applied to a sling shot frame,

Figure 4, an edge view of the form shown in Figure 3,

Figure 5, a top view of the form shown in Figure 1,

Figure 6, a top view of the form shown in Figure 3,

Figure 7, a front view showing the two forms of adapter used in combination on thesling shot frame, and

Figure 8, an edge view of the combination shown in Figure '1.

While I have shown only the preferred forms of my invention, I wish t have it understood that various changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the claims attached hereto without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring first to the form illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 5, the frame I is preferably made of a fiat piece of wood comprising a body section 2, a handle 3, and two legs 4 projecting from the body section in spaced relation to one another, and in a direction opposite to that of the handle 3.

The two legs are spaced sufiiciently to form a 2 rather large recess 5 adapted to-allow the body of a sling to freely pass therethroughwhen the device is used as a sling shot for projecting a pebble or the like. The ends of the sling, in.- dicated at 6, may be secured upon the ends of the legs by means of the slits 6 provided in the upper ends of the latter. The slingis usually made of rubber or similar elastic material, and the slits 6 are made somewhat narrower than the thickness of the sling material so that the ends of the sling may be introduced into the slits upon stretching the sling material and will automatically anchor themselves upon being released.

The frame as hereinabove described is more or less conventional in construction, and the present invention isv directed principally to' the adapter I intended to be used in combination with the frame.

The adapter comprises a stem ii'adapted to lie flat against the side of the frame and an enlarged body portion 9 having an arrow seat It] arranged in the upper end thereof. The stem is formed with a slot H running lengthwise of the latter and may be secured upon the side face of the frame by means of a screw l2 extending through the frame and'the slot II, and a wing nut13 threaded upon the screw. The slot allows the stem to be securedupon the side face of the frame in any desired position. In the position shown the arrow seat It! is substantially in alignment with the outer ends of the legs 4 and may be used for the propulsion of an arrow b'ymeans of the sling. If it is desired to use the sling shotfor projectingan ordinary missile such. asa pebble or marble, the adapter. 1 may be retracted upon loosening the wing nut l3, and secured in ,rejtracted position so as to clear the upper portion of the recess 5. j

In the form shown in Figures 3, 4 and 6, the adapter comprises a band M of semi-rigid material slidable on the two legs 4 and a screw l5 passing centrally through opposing stretches of the band, with a wing nut H5 operable on the screw to draw the strands toward one another as shown in Figure 6 tightening the band upon the legs. Theband carries an arrow seat I! on one of its strands, midway of the legs of the frame, and by proper manipulation and positioning of the band along the legs the seat may be brought into registry with the upper ends of the legs or may be retracted to an out-of-the-way position in the bottom of the recess 5.

While the two forms shown and described thus far may be used individually, they may also be used in combination so as to cause each to strengthen and reinforce the other.

This combination is illustrated in Figures '7 and 8. In this form the adapter 1 is secured upon one side of the frame as described before, and the band I4 is also applied in the manner previously described, the only additional feature being that the screw l 5 of the band is also made to pass through the slot of the stem of adapter 7 before the wing nut 16 is applied so that the latter not only tightens the two stretches of the band upon one another but also tightenes the stem of adapter 1 upon one of the stretches, thus more firmly uniting the two adapters into one structural unit. As appears from Figure 8, the seat I? of the second adapter may be brought into alignment with the seat I0 of the first adapter and may be disposed on the opposite sides of the frame, so that the two seats cooperate in formin a broader supporting surface for the arrow.

It is apparent that upon proper manipulation of the wing nuts I3 and IS the unit as a whole may be retracted to bring the two arrow seats into inactive position.

I claim:

1. An arrow adapter for a sling shot frame having a body section and spaced legs projecting therefrom, the adapter comprising an elongated stem having a recess on one end thereof shaped to form an arrow rest and having a longitudinal slot therein, and means extending through the slot for securing the stem upon the side of the body section with freedom of adjustability to position the arrow rest with respect to the legs, with a band fixed on the legs and means for securing thestem upon the band.

2. An arrow adapter for a sling shot frame having a body section and spaced legs projecting therefrom, the adapter comprising an elongated stem having a recess on one end thereof shaped to form an arrow restand having a longitudinal slot therein, and means extending through the slot for securing the stem upon the side of the body section with freedom of adjustability to position the arrow rest with respect to the legs, with a band slidable on the legs and means for securing thestem upon the band, operable for tightening the band upon the legs.

,3. An arrow adapter fora sling shot frame having a body section and spaced legs projecting therefrom, the adapter comprising an elongated stem having a recess on one end thereof shaped to form an arrow rest and having a longitudinal slot therein, and means extending through the slot for securing the stem upon the side of the body section with freedom of adjustability to position the arrow rest with respect to the legs, with a band slidable on the legs and means for securing the stem upon the band, operable for tightening the band upon the legs, the

band having a second rest mounted thereon adapted for alining with the first rest.

4. An arrow adapter for a sling shot frame having a body section and spaced legs projecting therefrom, the adapter comprising a band slidable on the legs and having an arrow seat mounted thereon, and means for securing the band on the legs in adjusted position.

5. An arrow adapter for a sling shot frame having a body section and spaced legs projecting therefrom, the adapter comprising a band slidable on the legs and having an arrow rest mounted thereon, a screw extending through opposing stretches of the band midway of the legs, and a nuton the screw operable for drawing the opposing stretches toward one another for securing .the'band upon the leg against sliding motion.

6. An arrow adapter for a sling shot frame having a 'body section and spaced legs projecting therefrom, the adapter comprising a band slidable on the legs and having an arrow rest mounted thereon, a screw extending through opposing stretches of the band midway of the legs, and a nut on the screw operable for drawing the opposing stretches toward one another for securing the band upon the legs against sliding motion, with means secured upon the body section of the frame and engageable by the screw for steadying the arrow rest.

'7. An arrow adapter for a sling shot frame having abody section and spaced legs projecting therefrom, the adapter comprising a band slidable on the legs and having an arrow rest mounted thereon, a screw extendin 'through opposing stretches of the band midway of the legs, anda nut on the screw operable for drawing the opposing stretches toward one another for securing the band upon the legs against sliding motion, with means secured upon the body section of the frame and engageable by the screw for steadying the arrow rest, the'latter means including a second arrow rest located for lining up with the first rest when the said means is engaged by the screw.

ALTON W.' HUTSON.

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